Audi prepares to launch the Q4 e-tron and Q5 e-tron
- Details
Audi prepares to launch the Q4 e-tron and Q5 e-tron
- Inovev has already presented the upcoming launch of the Q4 e-tron C-segment SUV, which, as its name suggests, will be located in the manufacturer's range between the Q3 and Q5. This model, which should see the light of day in 2021, will be based on the MEB platform and will probably be produced in one of the two Audi factories located in Germany (Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm). It will precede the launch in 2022 of the Q5 e-tronwhich has just been announced and which should logically be manufactured in Mexico, like its version with thermal engine. Given that the current price of the E-tron (which should have been called Q6 e-tron) is between 72,000 euros and 96,000 euros, and between 75,000 euros and 99,000 euros in its Sportback version, and that the Estimated price of the Q4 e-tron is around 60,000 euros, it can be deduced that the price of the Q5 e-tron could be between 65,000 euros and 75,000 euros, making it an expensive vehicle therefore unlikely to be sold in large quantities. The future Q5 e-tron will probably be offered as a standard version and as a Sportback version.
- Note that the future D-segment Audi Q5 e-tron will have its counterpart at Porsche, it is the future Macan in its electric version which should be launched in 2022. With the Porsche Taycan and its Audi E-tron GT counterpart, there should be six different 100% electric models from these two brands in 2023, not counting the Sportback versions.
- The Volkswagen group has taken great care to separate the 100% electric ranges of Volkswagen-Seat-Skoda from those of Audi-Porsche-Bentley. There will be no direct link between the two divisions regarding this type of models.
Contact us: info@inovev.com
Read more... Audi prepares to launch the Q4 e-tron and Q5 e-tron
Tesla begins production of Model Y in China
- Details
Tesla begins production of Model Y in China
- The Californian manufacturer Tesla started producing cars in China from April 2020. The total number of cars manufactured over the whole year will exceed 100,000 units, since in the first ten months the manufacturer produced 93,000. units. We are more likely to approach the 130,000 units produced at the end of December, the vast majority of which being sold locally. The cars produced up to the end of October 2020 were all 100% electric-powered Model 3 sedans, which correspond well to the Chinese government's desire to encourage Chinese customers to buy electric cars. The Model 3 is a success in China as it has become in a few months the best-selling electric car on the Chinese market, ahead of manufacturers established in this market for several years, such as BYD or BAIC.
- Faced with this unexpected success, the Californian manufacturer is putting a second model into production in November 2020 at its Shanghai factory. This is the Model Y that can be considered as the SUV version of the Model 3 sedan. The electric SUV market has indeed been growing in China since last year, with the breakthrough of the MG ZS SUV in particular. which is also exported to Europe. For the Model 3, the capacity of the Shanghai plant had been set at 200,000 vehicles per year, and October 2020 saturated production capacity over a month, with a volume of 20,000 cars produced. With the arrival of the Model Y, the production capacity of the Shanghai plant will be doubled to 400,000 vehicles per year. Tesla wants at the same time to increase its leadership position in the electric car in China.
Contact us: info@inovev.com
The strategy of the future Stellantis group is taking shape
- Details
The strategy of the future Stellantis group is taking shape
The plan to merge the PSA and FCA groups is on track. It should become reality in a few weeks, because the European Commission seems to want to give its agreement for the achievement of this merger of the two groups. In the meantime, the strategy of the future Stellantis group is becoming clearer:
1 / FCA would have committed to the production and marketing of future models on the basis of PSA platforms (CMP on A / B segments, EMP2 on C / D segments, EVMP for electrics in C / D segments).
2 / The future group should only use 4 main platforms in addition to utility vehicles (including Ram pick-ups), namely CMP, EMP2, EVMP platforms and a platform from FCA dedicated to large models.
3 / The Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger will therefore be renewed, while the old FCA plan condemned these three models. Likewise, the Lancia brand would no longer be abandoned. The Ypsilon model would be renewed on a CMP platform.
4 / The two manufacturers are said to have undertaken to rationalize their catalog of commercial vehicles. The future Fiat Doblo would thus take over the bodywork of the Citroën Berlingo, Peugeot Partner and Opel Combo. The Fiorino would be abandoned. The Talento would take over the bodywork of the Citroën Jumpy, Peugeot Expert and Opel Vivaro.
5 / The acquisition of JLR (mentioned several times) would be carefully studied, even if it is not a priority for the Stellantis group.
It would nonetheless make it possible to have two Premium brands with strong sales potential and known internationally.
Contact us: info@inovev.com
Read more... The strategy of the future Stellantis group is taking shape
The market share of BEVs and PHEVs in the various European countries
- Details
The market share of BEVs and PHEVs in the various European countries
- Sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars represented 9% of the European market over the first nine months of 2020, compared to 3.5% in 2019 and 2.5% in 2018.
- But the distribution of sales is very different from country to country. Already, the countries of Eastern Europe have bought little of this type of vehicle since their market share does not exceed 2%. In Western European countries, it is close to 10% (9.7%).
- The European countries which hold the largest market share of electric and plug-in hybrid cars are Norway with a record share of 70.8%, Sweden with a share of 27.9%, Finland with a share of 16.6 %, the Netherlands with a share of 15.8% and Denmark with a share of 13.0%. The Scandinavian countries are therefore the most demanding of this type of vehicle. Switzerland (11.8%), Portugal (11.5%), Germany (10.0%), France (9.5%) and Great Britain (9.0%) follow.
- These nine countries account for 85% of sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars. The other twenty countries (including those located in Eastern Europe) therefore represent only 15% of sales of this type of model. The largest volumes are represented by Germany, France, Great Britain, Norway and Sweden. Smaller volumes are represented by Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Greece.
- It is possible that the expected growth in sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in the 2020s will remain concentrated in countries with high purchasing power as they do today, given the high price of this type of vehicle.
Contact us: info@inovev.com
Read more... The market share of BEVs and PHEVs in the various European countries
PSA's eVMP platform will be produced from 2023
- Details
PSA's eVMP platform will be produced from 2023
- PSA's eVMP platform will not be available on production cars before 2023. Contrary to what had been announced in the Auto-Analysis of August 21, 2020, the new generations of the Peugeot 308, Citroën C5 and Opel Astra scheduled for 2021 will not will not receive the new platform, given that their design started several years ago and that at that time the eVMP platform was not ready.
- The first models to be equipped with this new platform will therefore be the future Peugeot 3008 and 5008, scheduled for 2023. Then the renewal of the PSA ranges of the C and D segments will make it possible to generalize this platform to all of these models. Remember that the eVMP platform is derived from the EMP2 platform, that it is dedicated to models of segments C and D, and that it makes it possible to design a 100% electric car, a hybrid car (rechargeable or not) or a heat engine on the same basis.
- Initially planned for the Citroën, DS, Peugeot, Opel and Vauxhall brands, the eVMP platform will also be intended for the Fiat, Alfa-Roméo and Jeep brands, following the merger of FCA with PSA. It will gradually replace the EMP2 platform, which should disappear by 2030, even for light commercial vehicles.
- At that time, there will be within the Stellantis group only two platforms of PSA origin (eCMP and eVMP), plus those of FCA origin (mainly that of light commercial vehicles, that of Ram pick-ups and that of large Chrysler / Dodge sedans).
Contact us: info@inovev.com
Inovev platforms >